The vaccinations against the coronavirus continue to progress, but experts predict regular vaccinations in the future.
Karl Lauterbach even believes in a second round of vaccinations in autumn.
Berlin - The vaccination campaign in Germany is slowly picking up speed, more and more people are getting vaccinated against the corona virus.
But as experts are now explaining, it could soon be necessary to get regular vaccinations against the malicious virus.
Health expert Karl Lauterbach is already thinking about the second vaccination round.
Corona vaccinations in Germany: Experts predict regular vaccinations in the future
If the Stiko Standing Vaccination Commission has its way, vaccination against the coronavirus will continue to play a major role in the future.
“The virus will not leave us again.
The current corona vaccinations will therefore not be the last, ”said Stiko chairman Thomas Mertens to the newspapers of the Funke media group on Sunday.
Accordingly, the Stiko assume that the corona vaccinations that have already been carried out will have to be refreshed in the coming year.
As Mertens further explains in the conversation, for this reason it "makes sense" for Germany to also boost vaccine production.
Exact data on a booster of the vaccination against Covid-19 are not yet available.
Accordingly, the next few months should show whether and if so when a new vaccination is necessary.
"We will certainly have to wait a few more months to see whether the vaccination protection is already waning in individual groups or whether it was generally too weak."
Corona in Germany: Karl Lauterbach believes in the second round of vaccinations in autumn
Karl Lauterbach also predicts that a vaccination against the coronavirus will have to be refreshed.
The SPD health expert even expects corona vaccinations to become routine in the coming years.
Although exact data on immunity after vaccination are not yet complete, Lauterbach fears that the effect could only be limited to a few months.
“I assume that immunity will last around six months after vaccination against Covid-19.
The first refreshment will therefore be due in autumn for some. "
The general rule is: “It will certainly not just be a refresher.
The coronavirus and its mutants will keep us busy for the foreseeable future.
We will have to regularly vaccinate against Covid-19 in the next few years. "
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